What rooster to get ?

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Hi I have flock of mixed hens
There is ;
Light susex,
leghorns commercial
black rock,
spackle cocko marans,
Orpington,
Cream legbars,
Opal legbars,
olive egger,
The question is what roosters I should get for high eggs production of the future offspring?
Thank you for your advice 😊
 
That will be good layers for sure but I want know all availability
What about Rir or Plymouth rock
That will be good too isn't
 
That will be good layers for sure but I want know all availability
What about Rir or Plymouth rock
That will be good too isn't

If it’s egg laying you’re after, few birds will surpass Leghorns in that regard. Maybe red sex links could, but those are far too unhealthy to be added to anyone’s breeding programme, much less a backyard keeper’s.

Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks are both dual purpose breeds, to my knowledge.
Egg production should be ok, but they wouldn’t exactly be my first choice
 
Rhode Islands are known for being aggressive and white leghorns will give you too many white chicks (brown leghorns wouldn't be a bad choice)A legbar would give you chicks that lay the biggest variety of color eggs
 
I would get white leghorn, for one they are excellent layers, 2nd the white cockerels will be easier to clean if your planning on butchering them, I will never keep dark chickens for butchering, it takes so long for them to lose their pin feathers that they get too tough for frying, now you can skin them, that’s what I had to do with my RR, I butchered leghorn and they didn’t have many at all.
 

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